Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-10-20
MICHIGAN AFFAIRS

hundred electric lights.
Signs "No Smoking" have been placed
In the new Kalamazoo depot, and the same
will be rigidly enforced.
-Four thousand three hundred and six
books were drawn from the jackson Public
Library during September.
The Jackson Citizen prophesies that
cheap cigars will cost as much as dear ones
this fall, owing TO the slimness Of the cab
bage crop.
Ben Calvin, of Brant Township. Sag
inaw County, lost his house and its con-
tents by fire recently. Loss, $4,000; par
TALLY insured.
Hall IL Buell., of South Manistique,
are extending their logging railroad about
eight miles further into the pine forests Of
Schoolcraft County.
"A meeting of the State Board of Phar-
macy, for the purpose Of examining candi-
dates for registration, will be held at Lam
sing November / and 2.
-Perinton will be we'll supplied with
side-tracks. The railroad reached there
only few days ago, and already they have
one-quarter of mile Of side-tracks.
-Preliminaries have been arranged for
the location of large stave and heading
factory at Mt. Pleasant this fall, which will
employ from thirty-fv to seventy handD.
Charles s. May, of jackson, has had his
son, Allen p. May, taken to the insane
asylum at Kalamazoo, the young man hav-
ing been adjudged insane. May is declared
to be kleptomanic.
West Bay City is not as large as Bay
City, but the fire laddies from the former
place carried off all the prizes just the same
at the tournament, and West Bay City feels
much larger than the State gazetteer really
makes it out to be.
The wife of Capt G.. Henderson, of
9saTs sAzOuY.hils,s REe9arinq breakfast at an
disease. Capt. Henderson is prominent
citizen, having been City Treasurer for
number of years, and is we'll known
throughout that section.
The salary of the Kalamazoo City
Clerk has been raised from 5000 to 81, 200.
The amount paid for clerical work Last
year, including the regular salary, was
nearly $1,000. There are no extras this
year, and the Clerk does the type writing,
which has heretofore been paid for extra.
"A Jackson Justice of the Peace owns an
intelligent spaniel that is cunning. When
ever he is wandering abroad without his
muzzle and spies an officer he hies himself
to the nearest alley and puts tin can over
his nose, keeping it there until the police
man passes by and the danger is over.
-Messrs. Buffers & Peters, of Luding-
ton, are prepared to produce dairy salt ex-
tensively. A new arrangement for drying
salt has been perfected and patented, we
are informed, by Mr.. Buffers. II is huge
revolving cylinder, thirty feet long and
nine feet in diameter, heated by super
heated steam between the shells, which are
two inches apart.
"A few days ago the 5-year- son Of
John Kreick, of Jackson, broke his leg,
and DR.. North set it and bandaged it very
thoroughly. Friday evening he called to
see how the boy was doing and found that
the lad had managed to get pair of scis-
sors and cut all the bandages and pieces of
court plaster away. He said his sister was
coming home and he wanted to show her
where his leg was broke.
Charles Iahuke, convict sent from
Detroit, Jan. 81, 1887, to Jackson for five
years, on conviction of taking money from
his employer when the latter refused to pay
him wages due for work, is suffering at tho
prison from mental depression, and has
repeatedly attempted to kill himself.
Iohuke is Prussian 33 years old, unable
TO speaf English, and is we'll liked by his
companions in the engine-room, and thoy
watch him continually to prevent his sui
eide.
As the west bound day express was
pulling out of the Michigan Central station
at Jackson at noon, recently, Mrs. Sher-
wood ran out of one of the middle cars and
attempted to alight, when her dress caught
upon some projection on the car platform,
and the lady was dragged for considera-
BILE distance upon the station platform.
Luckily some one had sufficient presence Of
mind to pull the bell cord, and the train
was stopped before any serious harm was
done. Aside from few bruises about the
face and shoulders the lady was not Sc
verely injured.
Work was suspended on the works of
the National Water Gas Company at Jack
son, a short time ago, and it has transpired
that the company is about closing the sale
of the plant to party of capitalists from
Chicago, who will. IL the purchase is COM
pleted, introduce the manufacture of the
Fahnenkein incandescent gas light, a new
invention which, it is said, bids fair to
supersede all other materials for fuel and
lighting purposes. A party consisting of
| John l.. Mitchell, President of the Illinois
| Trust and Savings Bank, of Chicago; j. L.
Haynes, President of the Alton Gll.) Ma
tional Bank; H. Watson, of Alton; A.
Buckingham, the Chicago elevator man;
| George Sturgis, President Of the North
western National Bank, Chicago, and
w. II. Gartley, engineer of the National
Water Gas Company, have been in the
city for the purpose of looking over the
plant The gentlemen stated that in case
the transfer is made, of which there is lit
/ tle doubt. the new company would resume